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Friday, September 03 2010 @ 10:33 PM EDT

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How to Make 200,000 Enemies Per Day

Friday, August 20 2010 @ 02:21 PM EDT
Contributed by: Admin
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Imagine you're one of the largest systems companies in the world. Imagine also that your organization is admired for its fearlessness, its tenacity, and its quality of product. You're made astute if occasionally hostile acquisition to built up your revenue.

Now, however, you've decided to make 200,000 enemies each and every day.

Your name might be Oracle.

Why Tablet Machines and E-Readers Will Be Free -- And Soon

Thursday, July 29 2010 @ 01:38 PM EDT
Contributed by: Admin
Views: 43

Amazon has announced a new Kindle for just $139. Another $35 "tablet" is said to be being built soon in India.

Clearly, the category is gaining steam. LG has announced, Dell, HP, and others. What's emerged are two categories: ecosystem and without. Here's how that works.

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Yeah, Just Upgrade the Motherboard

Thursday, July 29 2010 @ 01:02 PM EDT
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There is was: the USB bus on the motherboard had cooked. It was time for a motherboard upgrade. Heironymous Bosch would have been proud.

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2010 So Far

Sunday, April 25 2010 @ 12:08 AM EDT
Contributed by: Admin
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Here's where you'll find us, so far, in 2010:

Go to http://www.itworld.com/blog/5506?source=peer2peerpromo to read my blogs

Go to http://www.networkworld.com/alliance/henderson.html#recent to read our reviews

Go to http://www.goitec.com/tv.html to watch the webcasts

Easy. Fast. Convenient.

Webinars and Webcasts and Reviews, Oh My!

Friday, April 17 2009 @ 11:34 PM EDT
Contributed by: Admin
Views: 621

We've been busy. Our recent Virtualization Video (25min) is at NetworkWorld Video Our recent test on Virtualization Management Products is located at NetworkWorld's Review Site We've done numerous webinars with ITEC, the national tech conference company, on a weekly basis. You can find them at ITEC's site.

DailyTechBites

Monday, November 17 2008 @ 02:13 PM EST
Contributed by: Admin
Views: 840

Check the http://www.dailytechbite.com website for more frequent updates. And bites.

The 2008 Online Articles and Research Update

Wednesday, July 09 2008 @ 08:03 PM EDT
Contributed by: Admin
Views: 932

We've been busy this year, so far. I looked back on the published online list and found lots of links to where we've been either published or cited. Here's the short list:

Hypervisor Evaluations Part I - Performance

Linux Vs Windows, Which Is Greener

Privileged Access Management Software Comparison

Windows 2008 Enterprise Server Review

Virtualization Tools Comparison

In total, there are approximately fifteen products in total so far this year, and there are many still to go.

The Daily Rant April 4: CPU Madness

Friday, April 04 2008 @ 04:07 PM EDT
Contributed by: Admin
Views: 907

In the computer industry, the rave used to be CPU speed. Faster was better, usually. Today, we have lots of family names, each more indistinguishable than the next. I propose the Fubar Family. Read more for the specs.

Windows 2008 Server Review Now Online

Monday, February 25 2008 @ 12:32 AM EST
Contributed by: Admin
Views: 1,228

Our review of Windows 2008 Server Editions is online at NetworkWorld or in the print edition. The good news, better and certainly more feature packed than before. The bad news is that the Hyper-V technology is not out yet, and some of the benefits are very Microsoft-specific.

Lab Update: What We're Using in the Labs Right Now

Wednesday, January 23 2008 @ 09:28 PM EST
Contributed by: Admin
Views: 964

A lot of equipment goes through the lab. Some of it's interesting, and we hate to send it back, other items go back with a blessing, post haste.

I thought I would list all of the equipment to do an inventory and sanity check. The list is good for the next ten days, by which time, it will have changed again.